If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.
BELL HOOKSLove is an action, never simply a feeling.
More Bell Hooks Quotes
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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.
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I think life experiences are different for people who know what they want as children.
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I believe that it is impossible for two individuals not committed to their own and each other’s well being to sustain a healthy and enduring relationship.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Class is more than money. Class is also about knowledge.
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Being oppressed means the absence of choices.
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What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.
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A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I’m committed to loving you, then it’s not possible for me to fall out of love.
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Honesty and openness is always the foundation of insightful dialogue.
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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
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I think the Women’s movement has had a major impact on everybody’s lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.
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As long as women are using class or race power to dominate other women, feminist sisterhood cannot be fully realized.
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Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
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Love is an action, never simply a feeling.
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Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.
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